New Orleans Saints honor journalist Peter ‘Champ’ Clark

15th December 2011 · 0 Comments

The Louisiana Weekly staff reports

Two-time Xavier University of personal loans in mcminnville tn Louisiana graduate Peter W. “Champ” Clark is one of 10 New Orleans sports journalists and publicists honored by the New Orleans Saints with press-box plaques in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.easy to obtain loan
Saints spokesman Justin Macione said the plaques would be displayed on the third row of the press box in time for the Saints’ Monday home game against the New York Giants.payday loans edinburg tx
Clark, who died in 2006 at age 92, received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Xavier. He was a pioneering and award-winning African-American journalist, writing for a variety of publications and company day loan pay doing play-by-play of Xavier basketball games on radio.

The Saints Hall of Fame awarded Clark in 2001 with its Joe Gemelli Fleur De Lis Award for contributions to the franchise.payday loans johnson city tennessee
“My dad was the whole nine yards,” Clark’s son Mark said. “He was gumbo, he was French bread, he was a snowball, and he was a neighbor sitting on your front porch. payday loans ferguson mo He never stopped trying to figure out ways to improve our city.”